The next day, Meng Chang lost again; and added a new 1,000 yuan of debts and borrowed from Wang Zhenfu, because the gambling house knew his identity and did not dare to force him to repay the debt, nor was he willing to continue to borrow money. When he returned home, he was no longer penniless, and he had more than 2,600 yuan in foreign debts plus interest.

The money has always been hundreds of Wen, and more than 2,000 is not a small amount even for a wealthy family. Meng Chang's duke title is not low, and the number of Yulu who has been close to a year is only this number.

Meng Chang cried and felt remorse in front of Mrs. Hua Rui: "I even lost Furong's jewelry and clothes, I'm not human!" When I get over this, I'll be good to Fleur. ”

Madame Blossom had mixed feelings when she heard this, on the one hand, she was so disappointed that a husband looked like this; But on the other hand, Meng Chang's feelings full of apology were very sincere...... In the past, except for Meng Chang, no one had ever been kind to her with any heart, and Mrs. Hua Rui relented.

Meng Chang was at a loss, but Madame Hua Rui was still very conscious, and she immediately asked, "Wang Zhenfu lent you money for a purpose." What does he ask for? ”

Meng Chang said: "He asked me to come back and beg Furong, let you intercede with him in front of Guo Du, as long as you keep your official position, you will return the IOU, so that I don't have to pay back." ”

"We can't do that." Madame Hua Rui said with certainty, "General Guo is not the emperor of Shu, and he will not play with the officials. Wang Zhenfu lost his official position not only because he offended people, he was also a corrupt official. ”

Meng Chang said with a sad face: "Then how do you pay back the money?" ”

Madame Hua Rui muttered: "It stands to reason that you can not pay it back, even the money in the gambling house can be relied on, and no one dares to force you for some money." ”

"Alas......" Meng Chang said helplessly.

Madame Hua Rui clasped her hands together and paced back and forth for a few steps: "But we can't owe money to people like Wang Zhenfu, Ah Lang must stay away from him, otherwise there will be trouble." I went to Jingniang to borrow it, 2,600 guan was too much, so I could only open my mouth for 1,000 guan, and I repaid Wang Zhenfu's money first. ”

Meng Chang was silent.

Mrs. Hua Rui glanced at him with a sad expression: "Ah Lang, I am doing this for your good, Wang Zhenfu must not make friends...... The most difficult thing in the world to talk about is to borrow money, which hurts your face; I'll help you borrow money, it's worse than taking jewelry and clothes. Can you listen to me? ”

Meng Chang nodded vigorously and said, "I have made up my mind this time that I will never gamble again." ”

Madame Hua Rui sighed and muttered, "After I borrowed the money, I won't give it to you, so I just asked Wei Zhong to take it and exchange the IOU back." But...... You're not going to borrow money from Wang Zhenfu again, are you? ”

"No!" Meng Chang gritted his teeth and said.

So Madame Hua Rui asked the eunuch Wei Zhong to make an appointment to meet Jingniang.

Jing Niang is really still a person who misses the old very much, and she will come soon. Madame Blossom cleaned up, and all she had left was her old clothes, and she had not a single piece of precious jewelry on her body; I looked at my image in the mirror, and I still looked like a noblewoman, and I felt that my face was gone. As a woman, she still has a great sense of comparison and vanity, and this kind of shameless thing is as uncomfortable in her heart as walking in the light.

The hardest thing is to open your mouth to borrow money, in case you are rejected, wouldn't it be even more shameless? After all, a thousand is not a decimal number.

"Staying at home, I don't have the heart to clean myself up." Mrs. Hua Rui greeted Jing Niang.

Jing Niang completely ignored her words, and said directly: "Madame came to me, there must be something, let's get down to business first." ”

"I want to borrow a thousand yuan, I don't know ......," Madame Blossom bit her lower lip.

"No problem." Jing Niang said expressionlessly, "You don't need to borrow it, I'll give you a thousand yuan." ”

Mrs. Hua Rui sighed secretly, knowing that Jing Niang was looking at the sake of subsidizing her when she was rich and noble in the past, and now she is overdrawing that little kindness. She whispered again: "I don't want General Guo to know, it's embarrassing, and I hope Jingniang will help me keep it secret." ”

"In this case, I can't withdraw it in the account room, and the money I have saved privately is not enough, so I have to go to Yuzhenguan first." Jing Niang said, "I'll send it to Mrs. early tomorrow morning, can I?" ”

Madame Blossom nodded and said, "Okay, don't be in a hurry. ”

…… The next morning, Mrs. Hua Rui did not find Meng Chang. When Wei Zhong went to repay the money and came back, he told her that Meng Chang had borrowed another 2,000 from Wang Zhenfu; A total of 3,000 yuan of IOU, no interest, 1,000 yuan (given by Jing Niang), and 2,000 yuan of debt remaining.

Madame Blossom sat down in her chair at once, and sat still unable to utter a word.

In the middle of the night, Meng Chang went home again dejected. Madame Blossom couldn't hide the anger and sadness on her face: "How did you become like this!" What did you say yesterday? Ah Lang, you know that I lost all my face for the sake of pulling you out of the mud pit! When I saw Jingniang, I couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into...... You're good, you lost two thousand times by chance! If you do this, how can we live? ”

Meng Chang was stunned, and said with a sad face: "It's really boring to stay in the house, I just wanted to play backgammon (rules similar to flying chess), and I didn't think about borrowing money from Wang Zhenfu." Backgammon wins and losses are very slow, and the game is small, which is to kill time......"

"Isn't Ah Lang penniless?" Madame Blossom frowned.

Meng Chang said: "Cui'er also hid a little private money, I asked her to give it to me." ”

When Mrs. Blossom heard this, she only felt that her heart was a lot colder. It's not easy for a palace maid to save some money.

Meng Chang sighed and said: "I am familiar with that backgammon, and I often play it in the palace, so I won a little money." But what is that enough to do? It wasn't enough to go to the two ladies to drink some wine with them, so I couldn't help but take the money to bet on it...... All of a sudden, it was gone, so ......"

Madame Blossom got up and said angrily, "No way! I don't care about you, now I can only pay the bills! ”

…… Meng Chang slept all night, and was bored again, so he ran out despite Mrs. Hua Rui's crying persuasion. Now the officials in the palace seem to care about his freedom at all.

But he quickly ran back, pestering Mrs. Hua Rui and begging: "It's just a sesame big official position, you go and beg Jing Niang to see if it's useful." Those who are officials know that Jing Niang is the person next to Guo Shao, and most of them will give a favor. ”

"What? Wang Zhenfu won't lend you money? Madame Blossom asked coldly, "That's fine." Anyway, if he lends it to you, he'll lose it all! ”

Meng Chang hurriedly said: "As long as five hundred runs, I can return to my capital!" I beg you, ma'am, Fleur! ”

"It's impossible to get back to your roots until you die!" Madame Blossom exclaimed, and left the hall with her sleeves brushed up.

Meng Chang followed all the way: "I've been watching for a few days, and there are probably rules to follow." I used to be angry when I lost, and I lost it when I gambled that breath, and now I have thought of a way. ”

At this moment, Wei Zhong ran in and said, "Zuo Shaoqing and Jing Niang are here, I want to see Mrs. ”

Madame Blossom stopped and stroked her sideburns. Meng Chang also followed, and Mrs. Hua Rui whispered: "Don't open your mouth to borrow money!" Ah Lang is embarrassed enough to lose the country, they are all the people who attacked your country, and they must leave some dignity if they lose. ”

When I came to the hall, I saw a large bag of things on the table, and the bulging places looked like belongings. Zuo You smiled and got up: "Meet Qin Guogong and Mrs. Hua Rui below." ”

Meng Chang returned the salute, and Mrs. Hua Rui also gently bent her knees and made a blessing.

Several people were seated again. Jing Niang was very silent, and Zuo You said indifferently: "There are about two thousand ...... here."

Mrs. Hua Rui said: "The concubine does not dare to borrow money from you again. ”

"Madame, don't be impatient." Zuo You said calmly, "The money in our hands is so easy to take?" Wang Zhenfu, gambling house, don't want to make a penny. This money, Mrs. will return it to Wang Zhenfu first, so as not to lose money...... Then the people of Dali Temple went to raid the house, and even the interest was recovered. ”

Madame Blossom was stunned and speechless. Meng Chang also paused.

Zuo You was very calm: "The IOU from the gambling house will be sent back to the Qin State Mansion." However, Qin Guogong can't go out, and the guards in the house have changed today...... In this way, Qin Guogong can quit gambling, right? Now that this matter is done, I will return to my lord. Madame is still satisfied with Zuo's way of doing things? ”

Mrs. Hua Rui said: "It's really annoying General Guo. ”

Zuo You said: "No, the lord is just a sentence, and then wait for the result." This can still be done. ”

Meng Chang was dissatisfied at this time: "Am I not under house arrest again? ”

"Originally, the Duke of Qin should have been restricted, but Governor Wang perverted the law and derelicted his duties, causing chaos." Zuo You said, "I'm Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, I can't directly manage the affairs here, and it will take some time to coordinate." ”

After saying that, he looked at Meng Chang's face and said with a smile: "If Qin Guogong likes to gamble, the second brother of the lord has the same hobby, let him come to Qin Guogong one day to learn a thing or two." ”

Zuo You was about to leave after speaking. Jing Niang walked up to Mrs. Hua Rui and said in a low voice: "Among those guards, there is a military general named Qin Bao, who is a member of the Guo Mansion, and Madam wants to go out to find me, just look for him." ”

Mrs. Hua Rui hurriedly said: "Thank you Jing Niang." ”

"No, you don't." Jing Niang said in a stiff tone.

…… Seeing off the guests, Madame Blossom felt relieved, but she was still very disturbed, very depressed, and felt that there was a foul smell all around her. She was a little tired, and just wanted to go back to her room to be quiet, when she heard the cry of "woo woo".

She could hear that it was the palace maid crying, so she hurriedly followed the sound and opened the door to look inside. The palace maid heard the muffled noise, and hurriedly covered the lower half of her body with her clothes. When Madame Blossom saw her bare legs under her clothes, she turned around and closed the door, frowned, and asked, "What happened, why are you crying?" ”

The palace maid pressed the clothes on her legs, blushing and bowing her head silently.

"Tell me, is someone bullying you?" Madame Blossom asked.

The palace maid shook her head vigorously, and finally whispered: "I'm sick......"

After hearing this, Madame Hua Rui suddenly understood in her heart: "Ah Lang infected you?" ”

The palace maid choked up and said, "It seems that I only give Ah Lang a bed." ”

Madame Blossom bolted the door of the room, walked over, and said kindly, "You let me see what it looks like." It's okay, don't be afraid, I'll ask someone to get you medicine to treat it. ”